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vein, with a black point above it at lower end of cell ; the S has a faint brown 

 shade from base below cell, forming a small brown clond beyond lower end of 

 cell ; fringe silk)' ochreous. 



Himhving : greN'-brown, the base and inner margin paler, especiall}' iu the 

 c? ; cellspot clondy, dark; fringe whitish ochreous. 



Underside pale ochreons ; the costa in botli wings speckled with black ; disc 

 of forewing fuscons ; a black spot on costa beyond middle ; hindwing with cellspot 

 and outer line of dots ; both wings with black terminal points. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous ; the patagia paler with a few 

 scattered black scales. 



Expanse of wings : c? 44 mm. ; ? 48 mm. 



1 (?, 2 ? ? from Mt. Goliath, Dutch New Guinea, 3000—7000 ft., January 

 1911 (A. S. Meek). Very much like Hijphilare psemlargyrea Beth.-Baker, but 

 not quite so dark. 



6. Sideridis subrubrescens spec. nov. 



Foreioing : yellowish white, dusted and suffused in places with brown ; the 

 veins white interlined with brown ; the intervals with brown streaks ; median 

 vein with a thick white dash at extremity, slightly hooked, containing a black 

 dot at lower end of cell ; inner line black, dentate, sharply angled outwards on 

 submediau fold and inwards on vein 1 ; outer line black, lunnlate-dentate, indented 

 on submedian fold and angled outwards on vein 1 ; an oblique pale streak of 

 ground-colour from apex to middle of inner margin and a shorter one beyond 

 outer line from vein 4 to inner margin, the terminal area browner; dark terminal 

 dots between veins ; the fringe brown. 



Hindwing : reddish ochreous, with an outer curved line of dark vein-dots, 

 beyond which the terminal area is browner ; fringe pale with a brown line. 



Underside ochreous, sprinkled with brown along costal areas ; disc of forewing 

 deep pink; a dark spot on costa beyond middle; hindwing with dark cellspot 

 and outer line, beyond which the terminal area is tinged with pinkish. 



Head and thorax pinkish ochreous mixed with brown, abdomen ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : S, 40 mm. 



A series of males from Mt. Goliath, Dutch New Guinea, .5000—7000 ft., 

 February 1911 (A. S. Meek). 



7. Tiracola rufimargo ab. derufata ab. nov. 



Differs from typical rufimargo Warr. iu the forewing being entirely pale olive- 

 grey brown, with no red tinge whatever ; in one example only the terminal area, 

 except at apex, is filled up with chocolate brown ; the red tints of the hindwing are 

 at the same time duller in colour and more restricted in extent. 



5 (?<?, two from Upper Setekwa River, the other three from Mt. Goliath, 

 Central Dutch New Guinea, January 1911 (A. S. B'leek). 



8. Tiracola rufimargo ab. albifusca ab. nov. 



Forewing : whitish grey, striated with darker grey or pale brownish ; tlie 

 median area between the inner and outer lines and the terminal area, except 

 at apex, filled np with fuscous brown ; subterminal line yellow, with slight dark 

 scaling before it ; an isolated dark spot above vein 7. 



Hindwing : with the red tints duller and more restricted. 



